Receptacle



J. E. LE CERF.

RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION. FILED JUNE 29,1918.

Patented May 11, 1920.

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REOEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. P- te nt ed hlay 11,1920.

Application filed June 29, 1918. Serial No. 242,551

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J QSEPH E. Ln CERF, a citizen of the United States,residing at Raymond, in the countyof Pacific and State of lVashington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in receptacles and hasrelation more particularly to a device of this general characterespecially designed and adapted for use in connection with tobacco andit is an object of the invention to provide a receptacle of this kindhaving'novel and improved means whereby compartments are provided forcontaining tobacco and other smokers accessories, such as matches andcigarette papers.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improveddevice of this general character including a body consisting of twohingedly connected sections, one of said sections being adapted tocontain tobacco and the other of said sections serving as a closuremember for the first section and wherein the second section is dividedinto two compartments to independently receive matches and cigarettepapers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle of thisgeneral character including a compartment adapted to receive cigarettepapers together with means whereby such papers may be effec tivelyretained within the compartment.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedreceptacle whereby certain important advantages are attained and thedevice rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is a view partly in side eleva tion and partly in section of areceptacle constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation'of my improved receptacle as hereindisclosed;

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal transverse sect'ionalf view' taken through myimproved receptacle as herein embodied with the sections of the bodyportion in openposition and the cover of one of the sections also inopen position; and w 1 V Fig. 4c is a fragmentary longitudinal viewtaken through my improved receptacle-and at right angles to the line ofsection of Fig. 3, said figure also illustrating a slightly modifiedconstruction.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings B denotes a body formed ofsuitable material and of a size and configuration to permit its readyinsertion within a pocket. The body B comprises two sections 1 and 2hingedly connected for relative movement. The section 1 is materiallylarger than the section 2 and has its outer end closed as. at 3 and saidsection 1 is adapted to contain tobacco. The section 2 is open at itsopposite ends and is adapted to receive the open end portion of thesection 1 and the overlying marginal portions or corresponding sidefaces of the sections 1 and 2 are provided with the intermeshingknuckles 4 through which passes a pintle 5 whereby said sections 1 and 2are hingedly connected.

The section 2 is intersected by the partition 6 disposed transversely ofthe body B and which provides the compartments a and b. The outercompartment a is adapted to contain matches while the. inner compartmentb is adapted to contain cigarette papers. The outer end ofthe section 2or the to be closed by the hinged cover 7.

Intersecting the compartment Z) and exof the rod or wire 8 be free. arod or wire 8" may be employed as illustrated in Fig. 4

wherein the opposite extremities of said rod or wire are anchored to theend walls of the compartment 6 of the section 2 7 From the foregoingdescription, it is thought to be obvious that a receptacle constructedin accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use byreason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembledand operated and it will also be obvious that my invention issusceptible of some change and modification without departing from theprinciples and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself section substantially at its center andafford ing an inner compartment and an outer com- 7 partment, a covercoacting with the open face of the outer compartment, and a rodintersecting the inner compartment, said rod extending longitudinally ofthe partition.

2. A receptacle of the class described comprising, in combination, ahollow body divided transversely into two sections, said sections beinghingedly connected, the outer end of one of the sections being closedand the opposite ends of the second section being open, a partitionintersecting the second section and affording an inner compartment andan outer compartment, a cover coacting with the open face of the outercompartment, and a flexible rod intersecting the inifiler compartment,one end of the rod being ree.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOSEPH E. LE CERF.

Witnesses:

Gno. WVANDnRsoN, F. P. GANN.

